Street railways push into sleeping car service era
The article surveys street railway expansion into sleeping and dining car service, noting councils in New York and Massachusetts adopting combined car models and predicting easier travel to major cities by trolley. It also comments on public health, housing, crime, and social attitudes with various anecdotes and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Gray
Davenport
New York City
Massachusetts Street Railway
New York
Boston
Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy Promises Relief for Female Ailments
A reader recounts suffering spinal pains for two years before trying Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring health and vitality, and she urges others to seek the remedy. The letter also notes free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass and includes miscellaneous humorous exchanges from various publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ydin E. Pinkham
Laura L. Bremer
Crown Point
Indiana
Ladies Relief Corps
Merit system spreads through civil service reform
The piece notes how merit based appointments have expanded from fewer than 14 000 classified posts to over 112 000 and rising. It cites a shift from patronage toward efficient administration affecting officials and opening public service to capable youth. It recalls Abram S Hewitt memorial plans and Cooper Union ties. Richmond Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Tmnan
Ife
Lst
United States Civil Service
Abram S. Hewitt
New York
Cooper Union
Mr. Hoewitt
Peter Cooper
Union
Register of the U S Treasury Endorses Peruna for Summer Catarrh
Hon Judson W Lyons Register of the United States treasury in a letter from Washington DC says Peruna is an excellent remedy for catarrhal affections of spring and summer and those suffering from heat mood will find no remedy equal to Peruna. Letters from Miss Camilla Chartier and Mrs Kate Kohn praise Peruna with claims of digestion gains and relief from headaches dizziness sleeplessness and faintness after taking the product. Dr Hartman offers free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Jack
New York Journal
Gustavus
Baltimore News
Mr. Simpson
Ernie
Edith
Philadelphia Record
George
Chicago News
Ile
Philadelphia Ledger
Kitty
Fred
Esther
Judson W. Lyons
Register of the United States Treasury
Washington, D. C
Augusta
United States
Camilla Chartier
West Lexington St
Baltimore
Peruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Century Firms Preserve Family Legacy In U S
The piece notes the rarity of hereditary family business success in the United States while citing a centenary firms association that requires a century of family management. It mentions a Philadelphia convention and contrasts public officials acting as de facto lawmakers with law enforcement. It concludes with a quip about Adam flattering Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia
Scundle the Ly and Tanneyhill Co. Machinery Catalog
Drilling machinery offers over forty styles for water gas and mineral prospecting. Steam or horsepower engines run the gear. We stock and fit lines of pairs and supply gasoline engines. Our machines are faster stronger and easier to operate than rival models. REERSON MACHINERY CO general agents Morrison Street Portland Ore sends free illustrated catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly & Tanneyhill Co
Reerson Machinery CO
Morrison Street
Portland
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Sterling Remedy Company
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Montreal
Washington
Lares
Rockfurd
Portland See CO
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Taber & Whitman CO
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Olmstead
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Chicago Record- Herald
Willie
England
Kansas City Journal
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Sandy Lane
Richmond
Register OF the U. S. Treasury
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Willoughby Ave
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N. Y
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Preana
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